The grain elevators of the Hubbard Milling Company in Mankato, Minnesota, can be seen in the lower right corner of this 1951 aerial photograph. The bridge across the flooded Minnesota River connected Mankato with North Mankato. Most of North Mankato, which suffered extensive flood damage, is visible in the distance.
Much of North Mankato, Minnesota, was flooded by the Minnesota River in 1951, as can be seen in this aerial photo. The Tanley Field ballpark is visible in the upper left quadrant of the photo, and the grain elevators of the Hubbard Milling Company in Mankato, Minnesota appear in the upper right corner.
Man standing beside a Hubbard Milling Company panel truck. Truck window says: Hubbard's, fine foods in five pound packs, Quality, Flavor, Economy. Painted above windshield: Mother Hubbard Flour. Note on photo says,""One of the Hubbard's panel truck sales fleet in 1930's. Hubbard Milling Company launched intensive sales efforts on Mother Hubbard Flour and the Thrifty Five cereal line in the 1930's and sent out a group of salesmen in panel trucks like the one pictured here. The trucks were painted at the Eben[h]oh Body Shops in Sleepy Eye, Minnesota."
H. S. Sackett driving a Hubbard Milling Company panel truck. Notes on photo say, "Ebenhoh Body Shops, Sleepy Eye, H. S. Sackett at the wheel. The trucks were painted at the Ebenoh Body Shop in Sleepy Eye. One of the artist-painters, H. S. Sackett, is pictured at the wheel."